Google just turned 15 and announced a change to its search algorithm. Called Hummingbird, it could nip at the heels of smaller sites, like happened with the previous one. The last changes to Google algorithm, Panda and Penguin, only fixed its parts,

All online connections to Sudan were abruptly cut off after riots erupted over the ending of fuel subsidies. The government seems to make the move in order to prevent protesters from using social media to organize riots.

Google is again criticized by the UK MPs for failure to curb music and movie piracy. The Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee accused the tech giant of offering the thinnest of excuses to avoid taking action against widespread piracy.

More than half of public Wi-Fi networks in the country fail to filter porn content, while hotels don’t even ask for user’s age. 1/3 of the cafes and restaurants lack safety filters to prevent kids from viewing adult content, with 20% failing to restrict customer access to virtual sex dating websites

Under the pressure of content industry, the search giant had to implement a few changes to its engine. This included blacklisting piracy-related terms from appearing in its Autocomplete and Instant services.

The local government will allow Facebook, Twitter and other banned services in a planned free-trade zone in Shanghai. Media reports say that the authorities are going to allow bids from foreign telecoms companies for licenses to provide the broadband in the zone.